Valve



H. MIGUES.

VALVE.

FILED N APPLICATION CDV-12, |919. 1,371,638, Patented Mar. .15, 1921;

PATENT oFFIcE.

HONORE MIGUES, OF LA FAYETTE, LOUISIANA.

VALVE.

Application led November 12, 1919.

To all w ziom 'it may concern Be it known that I, HONORE Mismas, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of La Fayette, in the parish oit Lafayette and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves,

of which the following is a specilication.

My invention is an improvement in valves, and has for its object to provide mechanism in connection with the angle valves ot' air brake systems, for automatically setting the brakes behind the valve, when said valves are closed or partly closed, giving the engineer Jull control of the brakes above the said valve, and for Yrelieving the pressure in the air hose when the cars are cut oil, both valves being closed, thus permitting the train-man to break the connection between. the air hose with ease.

A further objectI is to provide a valve which will call the attention ot those interested to the fact thatit is closed, thus preventing a closed valve from being overlooked.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved valve,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 oli Fig. l,

showing the plug in a dilerent position,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the plug. In the present embodiment of the invention, the valve casing l of usual form, has extending vertically therethrough the tapering passage 2 circular in. cross section, tor receiving the plug 3. This plug as shown has its upper end reduced and squared as shown at for engagement by the handle 5. l10 and the lower end is reduced and threaded as shown at G, for engagement by a nut .7 to prevent displacement ot VVthe plug or valve. The valveor plug has a longitudinally extending diametrical opening or passage 8 which is adapted to register with the passage through the casing for permitting the flow of pressure when said passages are turned into register with each other.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of Fig. 2l

Patented Mar. i5, i921.

serial No. 337,564.

l provide in the casing 1 at the passage 2 a port or passage 9, which when the valve is closed will register with the passage 8. l also provide ports or openings l0 in the plug, leading from the passage S laterally, and at thatV side of the plug adjacent to the port 9. Y

lVhen the valve is partlj7 closed as shown in Fig. 3, with that port l0 uncovered which is adjacent to the hose, it will be evident that pressure in the hose will be relieved, even it the valve ot the other hose is entirely closet., so that the passage l0 is not uncovered. as shown in Fig. 2.

lt' that port l0 uncovered which is remote from the hose, there will be escape ot pressure through the ports 9 and l0, which will notify the inspector that the valve is not in proper shape.

lVhen the train line is charged from the engine to the rear of the valve Yin the train bc closed or partly closed. the plugs will automatically apply behind said valve, giving the engineer full control oi' the brakes on the cars ahead. lV hen ce rs are to be set out, when hose connections are to be broken, and the valves are arranged as shown in Fig. 3 on either side of the valve, the pressure at the joint will he relaxed.

l claim:

A valve o'j the character described comprisinga casi -g and a plug mounted to rotate therein and having` a port registering with the bore ot the casing. said casing having in one side a vent opening atright angles to 'the bore with which the port ol. the valve registers when the valve is closed, and th valve .iavlngj'iassages communicating port at opposite sides and near one e with the end thereof and arranged to he covered when the valve is fcompletelyr closed and either being uncoveredA when the valve is in nearly closed position. whereliij' 'to establish communication between the bore at one side ot the plug and the vent opening.

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